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This page con­tains the resources that I have found use­ful in my per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al life. Admittedly, it is an eclec­tic list. It con­tains every­thing from quotes and books that I like to pod­casts, videos, and slideshows.

If you don’t want to scroll through the entire list, you can click on one of the links below and fil­ter the resources by spe­cif­ic cat­e­go­ry.

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An enjoy­able read with some good life lessons regard­less of whether you’ve made it to a mil­lion yet or not. This book helps us approach our suc­cess with humil­i­ty as a way to express grat­i­tude for the part of our suc­cess that didn’t have any­thing to do with what we’ve actu­al­ly done.

Like this quote:

Personalizing suc­cess­es sets peo­ple up for dis­as­trous fail­ure. They begin to treat the suc­cess as a per­son­al reflec­tion rather than the result of cap­i­tal­iz­ing on a good oppor­tu­ni­ty, being at the right place at the right time or even being just plain lucky.

The high from “being right” the mar­ket and mak­ing all that mon­ey is unbe­liev­able. It can­not be dupli­cat­ed with drugs. You are total­ly invin­ci­ble. You are imper­vi­ous to all pain. There’s noth­ing bad in the world.

It reminds me of anoth­er of my favorite books (The Four Agreements) that reminds us not to take any of life per­son­al­ly because it’s not per­son­al.

A fun and social­ly con­scious plan to get you start­ed invest­ing. Written by yours tru­ly! Yeah, this is my book.

During the edit­ing process, I read my book over and over. There were times when I was feel­ing down about the pub­lish­ing process — whether how long it was tak­ing, or how dif­fi­cult some of the stages were. I’d read my book and be inspired.

It’s a quick read, shouldn’t take more than a cou­ple or a few hours. But be pre­pared to re-read it, espe­cial­ly Part Four where I out­line spe­cif­ic action­able steps to get start­ed.

I’m also work­ing on a free email course to take that sec­tion even fur­ther for peo­ple who start invest­ing mod­est­ly with the pur­pose of learn­ing more about invest­ing. Subscribe if you’d like to be noti­fied when it’s avail­able.

There’s a good quote from this book, it talks about how impor­tant it is to con­nect with oth­er peo­ple. I couldn’t agree more, as it’s some­thing I learned too late in life. In fact, help­ing my chil­dren be more con­nect­ed with oth­ers is one of my top par­ent­ing pri­or­i­ties.

As a par­ent of two small kids and some­one who’s always equat­ed mon­ey with free­dom, I want to make sure I teach my chil­dren sol­id mon­ey val­ues. Joline’s book is great for help­ing par­ents under­stand what chil­dren of a giv­en age can com­pre­hend about mon­ey and how to build a foun­da­tion for sol­id finan­cial val­ues.

I keep this book handy, and con­sult it reg­u­lar­ly. In fact, I even used it for inspi­ra­tion on my own book’s lay­out.

Have you read this book? If you have, let me know what you think in the com­ments.

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May 2017, the books are available on iTunes & Kindle (in ebook and paperback). They're also in McNally Jackson in Soho, NY.

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About David

David Bressler is a tech executive who began offering financial coaching after noticing how little people know about investing. Since then he has made it his mission to help as many people as he can learn how to build sustainable wealth and gain financial flexibility.

Bressler, who earned his MBA at New York University’s Stern School of Business, writes and speaks about how adopting a few simple habits can dramatically improve your financial future. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. The Elephant in the Room has a Paycheck is his first book.